Gettysburg: William Culp Darrah, 1964. First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. An essential history and reference. More
Paris, Boulogne-sur-Mer [printed]: Chez MM. A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Later cloth and marbled boards. Neat library deaccession stamp of S. F. P. (Société Française de Photographie.) Very good. SIGNED by the author on the copyright page. The author presents a new process for obtaining..... More
Paris: Charpentier, 1863. First edition. 12mo., vii, 395 pp., illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Moderate wear to wrappers, newly rebacked with printed spine, ex-library stamp on title page. A partially unopened copy; a good copy. Contains information on the use of photography in astronomy by M. E. Saint-Edme... More
New York: Office of the Photographic and Fine Art Journal, 1854. First U.S. edition. 12mo., [iv], 67 pp. New calf-backed cloth over boards, with printed paper label on the upper cover. Light chipping to the fore edge of the title page; a few upper tips are creased; very good. A..... More
London: Photographic Institution, 1855. Delamotte, Philip H. Second edition, revised. 8vo, viii, 166 pp., (10) ads., Calotype print from a collodion negative frontispiece. Recased in the original gilt titled cloth with two small opened tears at the spine. The cloth shows chemical staining in a few places and on the..... More
Paris: Chez les Auteurs, n.d. (1860 - 1862). Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène. First edition. 16mos. 15 original albumen photographic portraits (ca. 3 1/4 x 2 inches) mounted on printed stiff paper mounts (ca. 5 3/4 x 4 1/5 inches). 14 of the portraits are each housed in their original printed paper folder..... More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1862. First edition. Thick 8vo., 367 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's original printed wrappers. The wrappers are soiled and chipped at the edges with a few short tears; the spine cover is chipped and worn; the front wrapper and first signature are separated but still attached; tips..... More
[Augusta, Maine]: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18[5]9 by Scofield Leavit in the Supreme Court of Maine, 1859. Broadside, 24.3 x 15.2 cm. Old folds, with tiny marginal tears, wear and creases at the edges. Very good. "The Chrystallotype, or Crystalotype, an old name for photographic..... More
Firenze: Alinari, 1993. First edition. Oblong 4to., 189 pp., fully illustrated with b&w and tinted photographs. Printed paper over boards with a photographically illustrated dust jacket. Fine. An exceptional catalogue of nineteenth century photographs of the American West; with chapters by William F. Stapp and George P. Horse Capture... More
Paris: Arthaud, 1984. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and handcolored photographs. Laid-in is a 4 pp. text and list of plate in both English and Japanese. Slight bump to the upper board tip; else near fine in the color illustrated dust jacket. The work of two..... More
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First edition. Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First ed. Oblong 4to., xx, 131 pp., 130 photos, plus (8 pp.) chronology, bibliography, indices. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket that has one tiny closed tear. A comprehensive collection of early travel photos from Cairo to Nubia..... More
NY: Radtke, Lauckner & Co., ca 1890. Single sheet of thin laid paper 10 3/8 x8 inches, with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday..... More
Paris: Société Photographique de Toulouse et Gauthier-Villars, 1888, 1899 - 1901. First editions. 16mos., frontispiece illustration, variable paginations, with advertisements, engravings, charts and tables. The frontispiece in the 1900 issue is an original silver print. 4 volumes. 3 volumes bound in original paper wrappers, 1 bound in contemporary cloth over..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars & Fils, 1889 - 1906. First editions. Eight volumes, 8vo. Volume 1: 512 pp.; Volume 2: 400 pp.; Volume 3: 407 pp.; Volume 4: 413 pp., with a total of 724 engraved illustrations. Supplement A: 400 pp., 174 engraved illustrations; Supplement B: 424 pp., 221 engraved illustrations; Supplement..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1854. First edition. 16mo., 88 pp. Original printed paper wrappers; lacking the spine covering, with some chipping and staining. The text shows some staining and occasional spots of foxing, with one loose signature. Contemporary note on the blank terminal endpaper. A good copy. Housed in a newly..... More
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010. First edition. 8vo., 73 pp., b&w illustrations, plus 1 CD-ROM. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. With dogged determination, Roberto A. Ferrari tracked down Daguerre's copy of his original contract with Niépce, which was housed in the..... More
London: National Portrait Gallery, 1974. Stone, Sir Benjamin. First edition. 8vo., 32 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. Previous owner's name stamp and monogram in ink on the title page. Pictorial stiff wrappers, with a small stain on the rear. Very good. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. 8vo., 74 pp., plus 2 leaves with 3 plates, 2 of which are in color. Original decorative paper wrappers. Scattered foxing, wrappers creased, slight soil. The title page bears the stamp of the Paris distributor. A good copy. Housed in a new quarter tree calf..... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Co., 1887-99, 1902-53. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, b&w photos. 65 volumes. A near complete run, lacking only 2 volumes (1900,1901). Various bindings; most in the publisher's stiff wrappers, a few of which have been repaired, and a few bound in publisher's cloth over boards..... More
London: Dawbarn and Ward, 1895. First English edition. 8vo., (ii), 89 [2] pp., illustrations in text, 6 full-page plates, 12 adverts. Decorative cloth. Moderate soiling to cloth, lower tips rubbed with a slight crease to the rear board. Very good. A complete manual of all manner of photolithographic printing process..... More
Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. 12mo., 212 pp. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in. Occasional staining which is more pronounced on the last 15 pages. A very good copy. This manual provides a short history of the discovery and instructions for making daguerreotypes, glass..... More
Paris: N.-P. Lerebours; Bachelier; London: Claudet, MAI 1842. Third edition. 8vo., 77 pp., large folding plate, [1], [16] catalogue. Quarter morocco and marbled boards with the moderately soiled original printed wrappers bound-in. On pages 7 and 10, a short closed tear at the blank gutter margin has been repaired with..... More
Paris: A. Guyot, 1834. Fifth edition. 8vo., 203 pp., 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary binding of quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards; raised bands with gilt detail and titling on spine; all edges marbled. Slight wear to tips; pages toned with moderate intermittent foxing, which is more pronounced on..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Cosmos et Chez Delahaye, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 104 pp. Printed wrappers are slightly edgeworn and show age-toning. Very good or better. Housed in a new quarter cloth and pastepaper clamshell box. Stéphane Geoffray (1827-1895) banker, lawyer and photographer, was the inventor of the waxed paper..... More
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière; Félix, Alcan, Éditeur, [1887]. First edition. 16mo., 192 pp., illustrations in text, 1 screened photogravure. New front wrapper in facsimile, with conservation to title page; the first and last few pages are edge-chipped with a few short tears (no loss of text). A good copy..... More